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. 2020 Jun 20;10:100128. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2020.100128

Table 3.

Effect of dietary M. zeyheri seed meal on growth performance, feed intake and feed utilisation efficiency of Japanese quail.

Parameter Week Dietary treatments
 Significance
Diet 1 Diet 2 Diet 3 Diet 4
Initial live weight 147.50 ± 19.68 151.50 ± 15.33 149.75 ± 22.4a 148.14 ± 14.61 ns
Final live weight 193.50 ± 16.87 192.75 ± 7.01 189.50 ± 12.46 185.64 ± 9.85 ns
Weekly BWG (g) 1 14.00 ± 3.21 12.25 ± 5.06 11.25 ± 4.86 8.91 ± 2.59 ns
2 11.50 ± 7.54 10.50 ± 4.50 10.25 ± 5.18 10.88 ± 2.58 ns
3 10.75 ± 4.40 9.25 ± 2.61 9.26 ± 3.20 9.43 ± 1.40 ns
4 9.75 ± 4.33 9.24 ± 2.61 9.25 ± 3.19 8.88 ± 1.81 ns
Total BWG (g) 46.00 ± 8.82 41.25 ± 11.06 39.75 ± 10.39 37.50 ± 6.21 ns
Weekly ADG (g) 1 2.00 ± 0.46 1.75 ± 0.72 1.61 ± 0.69 1.26 ± 0.37 ns
2 1.64 ± 1.08 1.50 ± 0.64 1.47 ± 0.74 1.55 ± 0.37 ns
3 1.54 ± 0.63 1.32 ± 0.43 1.32 ± 0.46 1.35 ± 020 ns
4 1.39 ± 0.62 1.32 ± 0.37 1.32 ± 0.46 1.26 ± 0.26 ns
ADG (Trial) 1.64 ± 0.31 1.47 ± 0.40 1.42 ± 0.37 1.34 ± 0.21 ns
Weekly FI (g) 1 124.07 ± 13.89b 120.27 ± 11.95b 113.66 ± 8.59b 85.40 ± 4.10a ***
2 138.79 ± 16.83b 132.94 ± 9.01b 123.66 ± 11.04ab 115.57 ± 4.36a **
3 170.88 ± 11.26 162.06 ± 12.25 160.71± 7.79 157.42 ± 5.87 ns
4 171.93 ± 15.19 166.66 ± 8.26 165.96 ± 8.54 164.88 ± 8.39 ns
Total FI (g) 605.66 ± 34.98b 581.93 ± 26.77ab 563.99 ± 24.12a 557.56 ± 12.19a **
Weekly FCR 1 8.86 ± 2.09 9.82 ± 4.41 10.10 ± 2.73 9.58 ± 5.97 ns
2 12.07 ± 7.69 12.66 ± 5.43 12.06 ± 4.05 10.62 ± 4.79 ns
3 15.89 ± 4.96 17.51 ± 2.53 17.37 ± 2.49 16.69 ± 2.91 ns
4 18.10 ± 3.61 18.01 ± 3.80 17.92 ± 5.66 18.56 ± 3.87 ns
FCR (Trial) 13.10 ± 3.77 14.09 ± 2.32 14.11 ± 3.22 14.82 ± 1.95 ns

ns = not significant, p > 0.05. ** p < 0.01. *** p < 0.0001.

ab

Within row means with different superscripts are significantly different at p < 0.05.

ADG – average daily gain, BWG – body weight gain, FCR – feed conversion ratio, FI - feed intake. Diet 1 – 0% inclusion of M. zeyheri seed meal (control), Diet 2 – 12.5% M. zeyheri seed meal inclusion on energy basis, Diet 3 – 25% M. zeyheri seed meal inclusion on energy basis, Diet 4 – 37.5% M. zeyheri seed meal inclusion on energy basis, n = 8 for diet 1 to 3 and 7 for diet 4, data presented as mean ± standard deviation.